Nadia Sawalha has opened up about the "horrendous" moment her daughter's friend, who was nine years old at the time, was flashed by dirty men online.

The 52-year-old was spoke about the incident on Loose Women today as the panelists discussed a Mirror article detailing the "six worrying online crazes that could harm or even kill your child over the summer holidays".

The “games” involve self-harm, cyberbullying and the sharing of explicit images, and have even been blamed for suicides around the world.

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Nadia Sawalha spoke about the 'horrendous' moment her daughter's friend was flashed by men online (Image: ITV)

Nadia revealed that her daughter Maddy's friend had been taken completely unaware when she was on a live streaming platform.

She said: "One of Maddy's friends who was on a live streaming platform and was completely innocent to what she was doing - she was chatting to some other friends of hers or something.

"And then this thing came up saying 'Do you want to come and see our pets?' So she inadvertently goes into a chat room and, I mean this is really horrendous, these guys started to talk to her and the camera changed and then all three of them flashed at her."

Linda Robson was appalled and gasped: "Oh my god."

When they asked her how old she had been, Nadia's daughter revealed that she had been just nine years old.

Dr Papadopoulos, an ambassador for web safety organisation Internet Matters, spoke to The Mirror for its article, telling us:

“It’s important parents don’t bury their heads in the sand and assume their children would never take part in one of these challenges.

“These are just some of the most severe games that have been cropping up, but there might be a number of manifestations, so at the very least they will form the trigger to begin a conversation with your child.”